CVE-2020-24356

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CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

EPSS

<1%p28

Published

Oct 2, 2020 (Oct 2, 2020)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

`cloudflared` versions prior to 2020.8.1 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability on Windows systems. When run on a Windows system, `cloudflared` searches for configuration files which could be abused by a malicious entity to execute commands as a privileged user. Version 2020.8.1 fixes this issue.

Vendors: cloudflare
Products: cloudflared
Weakness: CWE-427
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.3%)

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